"Our ignorance can be divided into problems and……" — Noam Chomsky
"Our ignorance can be divided into problems and mysteries. When we face a problem, we may not know its solution, but we have insight, increasing knowledge, and an inkling of what we are looking for. When we face a mystery, however, we can only stare in wonder and bewilderment, not knowing what an explanation would even look like."
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Noam Chomsky
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588 Quotes by Noam Chomsky
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Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish…
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Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion. Bewilderment brings intuitive knowledge.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The dogma of the Incarnation is the most dramatic thing about Christianity, and indeed, the most dramatic thing that ever…
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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Why do so many of us not give ourselves permission to be alive until we are absolutely assured that we…
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This deep agnosticism is more than the refusal of conventional agnosticism to take a stand on whether God exists or…
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The context of the general teachings is one of talking to a sentient being who is experiencing uninterrupted bewilderment –…
— Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
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In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of…
— Sakyong Mipham
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We are living in a time of trouble and bewilderment, in a time when none of us can foresee or…
— Laurence Binyon
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Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise…
— Plato
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Whoever determines the truth from people alone will remain lost in the plains of bewilderment. Rather, know the truth, and…
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